(23928) Darbywoodard Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Darby Elizabeth Woodard (b. 1993) is a finalist in the 2007 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for her biochem, medicine, health, and microbiology project. She attends the Mitchell Road Christian School, Greenville, South Carolina.Naming citation (20071026/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Darbywoodard is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Darbywoodard is 3.14 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23928 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 ST160 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.56 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.98 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.77 – 3.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0704 |
| Inclination | 2.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Darby
All asteroids named after someone called Darby
Also discovered on 26 September 1998
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